Dystopia - a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
Kim Jong-Il - the dictator of North Korea, referred to as "Dear Leader".
Juche - the official state ideology of North Korea, translated as "independent stand" or "spirit of self-reliance".
Worker's Party of Korea - the ruling political party in North Korea, led by Kim Jong-Il.
Doublespeak - evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
Cult of personality - a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
Pyongyang - the capital of North Korea.
Newspeak - language intended to remove all shades of meaning from language, leaving simple dichotomies (e.g. "doubleplusgood" instead of "wonderful" or "great").
Thoughtcrime - criminalizing not just speech and actions, but the mere thoughts of people.
Totalitarianism - absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution.
Perpetual war- a war with no clear ending conditions. It also describes a situation of ongoing tension that seems likely to escalate at any moment, similar to the Cold War.
Propaganda - information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
Kim Jong-Il - the dictator of North Korea, referred to as "Dear Leader".
Juche - the official state ideology of North Korea, translated as "independent stand" or "spirit of self-reliance".
Worker's Party of Korea - the ruling political party in North Korea, led by Kim Jong-Il.
Doublespeak - evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
Cult of personality - a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
Pyongyang - the capital of North Korea.
Newspeak - language intended to remove all shades of meaning from language, leaving simple dichotomies (e.g. "doubleplusgood" instead of "wonderful" or "great").
Thoughtcrime - criminalizing not just speech and actions, but the mere thoughts of people.
Totalitarianism - absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution.
Perpetual war- a war with no clear ending conditions. It also describes a situation of ongoing tension that seems likely to escalate at any moment, similar to the Cold War.
Propaganda - information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
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